Talk:Lawson Army Airfield
Latest comment: 14 years ago by Mark Sublette in topic Who's it named after?
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Who's it named after?
editThe globalsecurity.org page on Lawson Army Airfield contradicts itself. In the course of the same page, it says "In August 1931, [the airfield] was renamed after the highly decorated World War I veteran, Captain Walter Lawson, a native of Georgia who had been killed in an air accident" and "Lawson Army Airfield was named after Ted Lawson of Doolittle Raid fame."
Do we have any corroborating evidence to support either or both of these accounts? I don't want to make the stretch of logic that it was renamed for Ted after WWII as a tribute and keeping the short name. —C.Fred (talk) 01:23, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
- Here's the reference : http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wrlawsonsr.htm Mark Sublette (talk) 08:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)Mark SubletteMark Sublette (talk) 08:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)